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Hanne has been leading a research study to find out just how well we understand dogs.  Over 100 people have participated into this study; answering a questionnaire of twenty questions which included images of typical dog body postures, common behavioural scenarios and basic handling and management questions.  Early indications show interesting results.  Here’s a summary of some of our findings to date;

  • over 40 % of respondents have been bitten by dogs
  • only 20% of people correctly identified a picture of a dog smiling as being ‘friendly’.  Most considered the showing of teeth to mean the dog was either aggressive or stressed
  • 54% of people believe a wagging tail only means the dog is friendly and approachable, but dogs can bite you when they’re wagging their tail

If you’d like to know more about our research, email us at; [email protected]